Status:
RECRUITING
Texting to Reduce Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Risk
Lead Sponsor:
Boston University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Conditions:
HIV Infections
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a 3-year study to test the efficacy of a text message-based intervention program. Dental patients at 4 community health centers (n= 266) will be randomized to receive either text messages (TMs...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Give informed consent and document consent via a signed and dated informed consent form in REDCap
- Willing to comply with all study procedures and be available for the duration of the study
- Be able to read either in English or Spanish
- Be a dental clinic patient of record at one of our participating community health centers
- Has at least one risk factor for HIV defined as self-report of at least one of the following: Men who have sex with men; multiple sex partners, or intravenous drug use
Exclusion
- Self-report of having HIV infection
- Participating in another HIV study or another text message study
- A woman who reports having sex exclusively with women
- Does not have a mobile phone or other device which can receive text messages from Agile Health
- Does not have unlimited texting on their mobile plan
- Has not used any type of text messaging at least once in the past month
- Single item literacy screening score of 2 or below.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 16 2024
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
April 14 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
266 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06088277
Start Date
August 16 2024
End Date
April 14 2027
Last Update
July 30 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
South End Community Health Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
2
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02128